alidade

English

A firefighting alidade

Alternative forms

alhidade, alhidad, alidad (all obsolete)

Etymology

From French alidade, from Spanish alidada, from Arabic العِضَادَة (al-ʕiḍāda), perhaps from عَضُد (ʕaḍud, “upper arm”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.deɪd/

Noun

alidade (plural alidades)

(cartography, astronomy, surveying) A sighting device used for measuring angles.

Synonyms

turning board, diopter (obsolete)

Derived terms

photoalidade

Translations

measuring apparatus

German: Alhidade
Greek: κλισιόμετρο n (klisiómetro)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: alîdade
Persian: عضاده (fa) ('ezâde), راستایاب (fa) (râstâyâb)
Polish: alidada f
Portuguese: alidade (pt) f, alidada (pt) f
Russian: алида́да (ru) f (alidáda)

Further reading

alidade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Noun

alidade f

plural of alidada

Portuguese

Alternative forms

alidada

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.liˈda.de/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈda.dɨ/ [ɐ.liˈða.ðɨ]

Hyphenation: a‧li‧da‧de

Noun

alidade f (plural alidades)

(cartography, astronomy, surveying) alidade (sighting device used for measuring angles)

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